Weekly Steam Report - 2 Mar 2026 - 8 Mar 2026
Steam activity 02/03/2026 to 08/03/2026: 30 games featured this week. On the pre-launch side, Crimson Desert pulled in 15,448 fresh followers, more than any other upcoming title. The week's biggest launch was Slay the Spire 2, hitting 569,300 CCU. Sinking Eternity topped the momentum-jump chart with +15 points on the composite score.
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 08/03/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  11 days to release | +15,448 | +129,303 | 1,579,272 | 318,108 |
| 2 |  20 days to release | +1,476 | +28,386 | 49,362 | 2,790 |
| 3 |  3 days to release | +1,386 | +25,214 | 189,014 | 24,526 |
| 4 |  4 days to release | +1,238 | +17,332 | 564,648 | 62,529 |
| 5 |  93 days to release | +1,185 | +35,154 | 191,170 | 36,115 |
| 6 |  39 days to release | +1,169 | +16,366 | 812,252 | 174,375 |
| 7 |  22 days to release | +1,101 | +15,414 | 209,986 | 33,766 |
| 8 |  39 days to release | +906 | +20,510 | 142,310 | 15,931 |
| 9 |  37 days to release | +797 | +33,348 | 788,550 | 83,690 |
| 10 |  31 days to release | +661 | +20,202 | 392,714 | 40,172 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 2 Mar 2026 - 8 Mar 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 569,300 | 198,715 | 60.9% | $0.20 |
| 2 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 87,656 | 63,911 | 76.7% | $1.50 |
| 3 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 9,006 | 8,503 | 94.9% | $0.09 |
| 4 | 
Released 06/03/2026 | 5,999 | 7,515 | 82.7% | $0.16 |
| 5 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 3,407 | 1,156 | 65.9% | $0.17 |
| 6 | 
Released 08/03/2026 | 2,995 | 687 | 76.9% | $0.07 |
| 7 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 2,843 | 2,798 | 87% | $0.10 |
| 8 | 
Released 03/03/2026 | 2,379 | 2,215 | 84.7% | $24.84 |
| 9 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 2,121 | 2,841 | 96.9% | $0.15 |
| 10 | 
Released 05/03/2026 | 2,083 | 2,048 | 79.6% | $0.25 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 02/03/2026 and 08/03/2026. Momentum is our composite score of Steam follower growth, Twitch presence, news mentions, and wishlist rank movement - so this table surfaces titles pulling in real attention from more than one channel at once, not games moving on a single signal. To keep the focus on new discovery, we exclude games with 5,000+ reviews, major-publisher backing, and anything released more than 90 days ago (upcoming games at any distance still qualify).
| # | Game | Momentum jump | Score (start → end) | WL estimate | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  191 days to release | +15.12 | 16.69 → 31.81 | 12,179 | 0 |
| 2 |  5 days to release | +7.74 | 9.34 → 17.08 | 1,615 | 34 |
| 3 |  3 days to release | +6.95 | 10.7 → 17.65 | 2,641 | 13 |
| 4 |  30 days to release | +6.62 | 15.4 → 22.02 | 4,123 | 583 |
| 5 |  22 days to release | +6.1 | 33.03 → 39.13 | 92,316 | 4,913 |
| 6 |  662 days to release | +5.86 | 12.32 → 18.18 | 1,159 | 0 |
| 7 |  11 days to release | +5.67 | 12.73 → 18.4 | 988 | 9 |
| 8 |  11 days to release | +5.55 | 20.65 → 26.2 | 18,183 | 81 |
| 9 |  36 days to release | +5.23 | 10.93 → 16.16 | 10,165 | 20 |
| 10 |  54 days to release | +5.16 | 9.21 → 14.37 | 665 | 9 |